Jaxx Crafty Creations: Shadow Box Card

Hello Crafty Friends

Welcome to the Stampin' Up! 2019 Artisan Design Team Blog Hop for June. This month the super talented Artisans are showcasing the Come Sail Away Suite (item #152175). This nautical themed suite can be found on Pages 144, 145 and 146 of the new 2019 Annual Catalogue.

There are so many wonderful items that make up this stunning product suite: Sailing Home Stamp Set (item #149457), Smooth Sailing Dies (item #149576), High Seas 3D Embossing Folder (item #149577), Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper (item #149481), Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack and embellishments - Bakers Twine (item #149483) and Sail Away Trinkets (item #149482). Everything coordinates beautifully, making it quick and easy to create amazing projects.

I have a few projects to share with you today, so grab a beverage, put your feet up and sail away with me into my ocean of craftyness.

Jaxx Crafty Creations, Artisan Design Team 2019, Come Sail Away, Memories & More Card Pack, Nautical Creations, Shadow Box Card, Slider Card,

First up is a slider card made with the super versatile Memories & More Cards. Traditionally designed for memory keeping and scrapbooking, the Memories and More cards also work brilliantly for card making.

The Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack has 50 double sided cards ( 2 each of 25 designs). There are two sizes - 3" x 4" and 4" x 6" and six of the larger sized cards have laser cut designs which make fabulous backgrounds or stencils.

You can find tutorials for slider cards all over the internet. I used a tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers and amended the measurements to fit one of the large Memories & More Cards.

When you pull the tab, the yacht slides across the card while another Memories & More card is revealed. I picked a card that enabled me to use the cool little dial die cuts on the compass.

The slider portion of the card has been attached to a basic tent fold card base so that it can stand/be displayed and also provides another surface to decorate and space to write a message.

Another card, some sticker embellishments and a wheel trinket made for fast decorating the inside of the card.

The next project I have to share with you today is one of my favourite fancy folds as the base is quick and easy to create, it folds nicely for posting and works well with stamped scenes. The Shadow Box card is an easy fun fold which again you can find tutorials for on Pinterest/You Tube.

The Inside back panel is a piece of shimmery white card, sponged with Pineapple Punch and Grapefruit Grove over a masked circle which was later removed to reveal the sun. Memento Ink was used to stamp along the horizon line using the images from Waterfront stamp set. Then, I restamped each image in Versamark and clear heat embossed so the images were clear, glossy and slightly raised with the texture from heat embossing. This piece was then cut into three panels to fit the back and sides of the Shadow Box card base. The waves were sponged with Coastal Cabana and stamped with the water image from Waterfront stamp set. To create waves, simply cut the Coastal Cabana sponged panel in a curvy pattern.

The two yachts and lighthouse were stamped then clear heat embossed. Stamping Blends were used to colour the images before before die cutting (a little bit of trimming with snips afterwards) and then adhered to the box card using Multi Purpose glue and mini dimensionals. To finish the card, four "rope" die cuts were adhered to the exterior along with a sentiment from the Memories and More card pack.

The final project I have to share is a little memento that looks wonderful as is (a necklace) or as an embellishment for a scrapbook page. The cabochon pieces can be purchased on eBay. Take the glass insert and trace around your chosen paper - I have used one of the smaller Memories & More cards. To this I have added a yacht sticker embellishment and then applied the required jewellery adhesive.

The Mini Pizza Boxes (item #144645) are perfect for gifting jewellery and this one was super simple to decorate with a few elements from the Come Sail Away Memories & More Cards.

Inside the box: a panel of card stock strips in blue tones with notches cut at the top for the necklace to fit snugly and then decorated with more elements from the Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack.

That is all from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by, the Artisan Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to visit our Blogs. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through for loads of inspiring ideas and creations using the Come Sail Away Suite.

Up next in the Artisan Design Team Blog Hop is super talented Jennifer Picard with her stunning creations.

2019 Artisan Design Team Blog Roll

Jackie Aitken < that's me >

You can find all the items used to create the projects in today's blog post in the product list below. Click on the images to be taken directly to my Online Store. Happy Shopping x

Product List

Sailing Home Bundle [151066] $88.00	Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper [149481] $20.00
Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack [149552] $19.25	Sail Away Trinkets [149482] $14.00
Night Of Navy/Sahara Sand Baker's Twine [149483] $7.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $15.75	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $14.75
Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $14.75	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $14.75
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130] $8.75
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad [147141] $13.00
Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $13.00	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00
Stamping Sponges [141337] $6.00	Night Of Navy Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144036] $7.75
Smoky Slate Light Stampin' Blends Marker [145054] $7.75	Cherry Cobbler Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144576] $7.75
Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [146386] $30.00	Circle Tab Punch [143754] $31.00
Mini Pizza Boxes [144645] $10.00	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you had a great weekend. We had some super stunning Spring weather in Perth, which saw the family get out and about down the beach and completing a few chores around the house, like cleaning the pool area, weeding the gardens and water blasting the cobbled driveway....and spiderwebs and fence and I love that thing lol. I would water blast everything if it wasn't so noisy!

With temperatures climbing above the mid 20's it was a reminder that Summer is just around the corner, as is Christmas! Today's card is another for my Christmas Card stash, the first of hopefully many fancy folds.

I LOVE shadow box cards. I love creating them and love seeing the recipients face when they receive them. They are super fun and easy to make, and because they are a little different, they are often put on display and therefore admired by many.

The tutorial for the Shadow Box card can be found at AddINKtive Designs here. This will give you the basic dimensionals and instructions on how to construct the Shadow Box card, the decoration is entirely up to you.

AddINKtive Designs, Christmas Card, High Tide, Magical Mermaid, Shadow Box Card, So Santa stamp set, Stampin Up, Tropical Chic, Waterfront,

The So Santa stamp set with the Surfing Santa image is so dang cute, I cant stop using him lol. I thought he would look great teamed with a sponged background and some tropical foliage.

The sponged background was masked and created with Pineapple Punch, Grapefruit Grove and Tempting Turquoise inks. The water image stamp from High tide stamp set has been inked with Coastal Cabana to create the water section, and the Waterfront stamp set has been used to create the Island and Palm Tree's in the background.

The Sahara Sand insert that holds Santa has been ripped along the top edge, sponged with Soft Suede ink and stamped with the sandy image from Magical Mermaid stamp set before adhering to the inside of the Shadow Box.

The Tropical Chic stamp set has been used to create the Frangipani and leaves along with the coordinating dies. These elements have been adhered to the outside of the Shadow Box with Tombow.

To finish the card, I added a little sign with the HO HO HO sentiment, linen twine and the Pinewood Planks embossing folder. I have a large panel on the back of the Shadow Box Card to write a lengthy message, and the other wonderful thing about these cards, is that it folds flat for posting, which is great when posting International.

Below is a list of the products I have used to create this card. Simply click on the product images to be taken to my Online Store - for Australian residents only.

Product List

So Santa Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147821] $40.00	Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [146386] $30.00	High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set [143006] $45.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75	Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle [148399] $76.50
Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad [147141] $13.00	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $13.00	Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] $11.50	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Linen Thread [104199] $8.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00